France

Esports
Sponsorship & Marketing

Supermarket chain Aldi has taken its first steps into the esports market in France through 'official partner' deals with esports organisations Team Vitality and Solary, as well as the French League of…
Football
Media

The French Professional Football League’s (LFP) board of directors has agreed to re-tender its broadcast rights for the 2020-24 cycle next week but has limited the auction to those rights returned by M…
Esports
Sponsorship & Marketing

French sportswear brand Le Coq Sportif has made its first step into the esports market by acquiring the kit supply rights at French esports club GameWard
Football
Finance & Law

France’s National Union of Professional Footballers (UNFP) has called on players to consider a wage cut in order to “save” professional football in the country amid the ongoing effects of the Covid-19 pande…
Football
Media

French pay-television broadcaster Canal Plus will return its sublicensed Ligue 1 rights to France’s Professional Football League (LFP) on February 5 and has urged the league to re-tender the full suite o…
Rugby Union
Events

European Professional Club Rugby (EPCR) has announced the suspension of its Champions Cup and Challenge Cup competitions after the French government ruled that the participation of Top 14 clubs at the…
Rugby Union
Events

European Professional Club Rugby (EPCR) and Six Nations Rugby are awaiting the verdict of the French government over the participation of domestic clubs in upcoming Champions Cup and Challenge Cup matches…
Multi-sport
Events

Plans by the Paris 2024 Olympic Games organising committee to build a media village in a city park have been hit by a legal challenge from local residents
Football
Media

The 2021 Trophée des Champions football match will be shown live in France by pay-television broadcaster Canal Plus as well as Téléfoot, the subscription service of the Mediapro agency and production gr…
Rugby Union
Sponsorship & Marketing

French DIY chain Brico Dépôt has become a sponsor of French rugby union’s Top 14 in a deal that will begin with this weekend’s round of matches. T
Football
Finance & Law

The settlement struck between France’s Professional Football League (LFP) and agency and production group Mediapro has received the legal backing of the Nanterre commercial court in a ruling issued today.
Industry Moves

Laurent Prud’homme, previously head of the French arm of Eurosport and senior vice-president of rights acquisitions and syndication at the pan-European broadcaster, has been named as the deputy chief e…
Football
Media

OneFootball, the Germany-based digital platform, has added more live streaming rights to its growing portfolio through a deal to show German football’s DFB Pokal, the national knockout club competition, i…
Football
Finance & Law

Callisto Sporting, a division of Luxembourg-based investment fund Merlyn Partners, has completed a takeover deal for French Ligue 1 football club Lille OSC
Football
Sponsorship & Marketing

French digital pop culture website Konbini has become the media partner of French Ligue 1 club Olympique Lyonnais until the end of the 2020-21 season
Basketball
Media

North American basketball’s NBA will continue to be shown in France on pay-television broadcaster beIN Sports until 2024 thanks to a new agreement announced today (Friday).
Basketball
Sports Betting

The National Basketball Association has struck a multi-year extension of its sports betting partnership in France with lottery and gaming operator La Française des Jeux (FDJ).
Sailing
Events

SailGP will race in two new locations next season after announcing events in the French town of Saint-Tropez and Cádiz in Spain.